casey wian, cnn, los angeles. >> cardinal mahoney is not the only one who arrives in rome under a cloud of a global scandal. just a few days ago new york's archbishop cardinal timothy dolan was grilled by lawyers for abuse victims back when he was an archbishop of milwaukee. joining us christiane amanpour, john allen of the national catholic reporter and abuse survivor, former priest and currently co-founder and president of road to recovery, an organization that counsels fellow survivors. john, the tone of cardinal mahoney's blog post, he clearly seems to feel that he is being persecuted and he says he's praying for those who unfairly attack him, he blames the media. for viewers who have not been following this closely, according to internal church records cardinal mahoney and a top adviser discussed ways to hide the sexual abuse of children from law enforcement for years, preventing police from investigating priests who had admitted to church officials they molested young boys, correct? >> yeah, that is correct, anderson. i think when cardinal mahoney argues that he's being unfairly t